Lara's First Christmas
by Alice O. Howell
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Author: Alice O. HowellIllustrator: Maggie Mailer
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-11
ISBN: 0880105534
Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Bell Pond Books
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Book Review: Little story with a big heart
Summary: 5 Stars
This is not your typical Christmas story, as it reflects a child's life so effectively in capturing the bittersweet miracle that is Christmas. Ms. Howell is a natural story teller and carries the reader along on that midwinter train ride to the upper reaches of Norway's mountains with Laura and her family. As an adult I was fascinated and frustrated by the political fears and apprehensions that seem to haunt her parents, yet Laura obviously wise beyond her years knows how to cope and thrive in uncertain circumstances. The friends she meets upon that Norwegian mountain opens her heart to joy and universality of the Christmas experience. This is one Christmas book that avoids all the sentimental cliches that make similar books so mawkish.
This was such an enjoyable read that I have ordered Ms. Howell's "Beejum Book" in anticipation of more reading pleasure.
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